Quick Release Harmonica Holder

ABSTRACT

The invention relates to improvements to harmonica holders, designed to allow a musician to play a harmonica and another instrument at the same time. The inventor&#39;s control arm and extender tubes allow a musician to adjust the position of a harmonica (in the horizontal and vertical plains) to their personal preference. After adjustment, the control arm allows a musician to quickly raise a harmonica up to their preferred position, which locks a harmonic in place and eliminates the need to re-set it each time it is used. To unlock a harmonica and drop it completely out of the way for singing or to remove it from their head area, they would simply tap the end of the control arm up, to disengage it. The neck support is also adjustable for best fit, while a pull down loop (attached to a harmonica cross member) allows a musician to quickly change harmonicas.

BACKGROUND OF INVENTION

The field of endeavor to which the embodiments of the present inventionrelate to is the music industry, with the focus being on harmonicaholders that are designed to be placed over a musician's head and besupported by their neck and chest area, FIG. 14 (prior art). Harmonicaholders facilitate hands free use to play a harmonica, thus allowing amusician to use their hands to play another instrument, such as a guitaror piano, at the same time, while performing, practicing and/orrecording. The technical field would be described as a “harmonicaholder”.

PRIOR ART

The invention would generally be referred to as a harmonica holder,although they have been referred to as a mouth organ holder, harpholder, harmonica adapter, harmonica rack and harmonica cradle. Thefollowing is a list of prior art patents, as obtained from the UnitedStates patent office, when the term “harmonica holder” was entered. Thefollowing list focuses on harmonica holders that relate to the presentinvention i.e. harmonica holders that are designed to be placed over thehead of a musician and supported by the neck and chest area.

U.S. Pat. No. 411,374 Date: Sep. 17, 1889 Inventor: A. B. Clark

This is an example of a very early patent and how the inventor solvedthe problem of holding a harmonica in place. The patent shows aharmonica being supported by an over the shoulder brace and it utilizedsprings to hold a harmonica in place.

U.S. Pat. No. 753,713 Date: Mar. 1, 1904 Inventor: O. T. Knode

This inventor took a different approach to holding a harmonica in place,by using two arms, which would be pulled apart and then would press upagainst each end of a harmonica, when released.

U.S. Pat. No. 1,734,799 Date: Nov. 5, 1929 Inventor: L. A. Elkington

This inventor saw the problems of an over the shoulder brace andresolved it by designing an over the head configuration and a curvedneck support. This design proved to be well received, as it was verysimple.

U.S. Pat. No. 1,793,823 Date: Feb. 24, 1931 Inventor: A. E. Overton

This inventor felt there was a better way to secure a harmonica in placewherein, as a cross member was raised up, it would squeeze supportmembers together and thus hold a harmonica in place, by putting pressureon both ends of a harmonica.

U.S. Pat. No. 3,172,328 Date: Mar. 9, 1965 Inventor: E. Haile

This inventor saw a need to simplify a harmonica holder and did so byhaving no unnecessary curves to the design and in doing so this designis still in production today.

U.S. Pat. No. 3,332,310 Date: Jul. 25, 1967 Inventor: F. A. Pochobradsky

This inventor saw a need to be able to play a large harmonica and tobend the neck support back for a better fit.

U.S. Pat. No. 4,739,686 Date: Apr. 26, 1988 Inventor: Michael Doll

This inventor saw a need to better hold a harmonica and thus made anadaptor to slide a harmonica into.

U.S. Pat. No. 5,619,001 Date: Apr. 8, 1997 Inventor: Mark Pasin

This inventor designed a harmonica holder to be able to adjust aharmonica in the horizontal and vertical plane and to keep a harmonicafrom moving out of position.

U.S. Pat. No. 9,029,673 Date: May 12, 2015 Inventor: Peter Kaynor

This inventor wanted to make it easier to mount a harmonica by using amagnetic cradle. Also a harmonica can be adjusted and locked into place.

U.S. Pat. No. 9,430,995 Date: Aug. 30, 2016 Inventor: Joseph D. Paresi

This inventor saw a need to be able to move a harmonica out of the wayfor singing, by the use of an automatic positioner footswitch, whichwould extend or retract a harmonica.

STATE OF TECHNOLOGY

The harmonica was invented in 1821 by Christian Buschmann and wasdesigned to be a hand held instrument. However a need was seen to beable to play another instrument at the same time and thus harmonicaholders were developed about 130 years ago. The first ones developedwere supported by a musician's shoulder and chest area, and the firstpatent found of this type was by A. B. Clark in 1889. Although there aremany different types of harmonica holders, the most popular are thosethat are designed to fit over the head of a musician and be supported bytheir neck and chest area. Over the years there have been many patentsfiled in an effort to improve them, in one way or another, howeverproblems still exist and in this regards:

Many harmonica holders do not have good support for a harmonica, as thetwo support structures (one to hold a harmonica and the other for necksupport) are only held in place by two wing nuts and as a result aharmonica can move out of position when being played.

With regards to singing, no effort has been made to quickly drop aharmonica out of the way and as a result a musician has to bend theirhead down to play it, which means their head would be facing the floorinstead of the audience, not to mention the fact that it becomes veryuncomfortable.

In order to remove a harmonica holder from a musician's head area,fasteners of one kind or another have to be loosened, in order to do so.

With regards to the horizontal position of a harmonica, relative to themusician's mouth area, most harmonic holders have to be adjusted eachtime they are put on, which is not conducive to consistent adjustmentand takes time.

The “one size fits all” factor has been predominant for years, however aharmonica holder of this type cannot be adjusted in the vertical plane,relative to the musician's mouth area, to suit a musician's personalneeds.

There is also the problem of changing a harmonica out for another key.In most cases a musician has to remove a harmonica holder from theirhead area and use both hands to remove a harmonica.

Also neck support frames are not adjustable and do not conform very wellto the anatomy of the neck, as they are in most cases, a simple roundrod and as a result undue pressure is exerted upon the neck area.

In the past there has been changes to the design of a harmonica holderor to off load the problem to a microphone stand (which would be veryunstable), but there has been no fundamental changes necessary toaddressed the core problems, which have existed for years. Also, of allthe patents listed, without exception they all lack (in one way oranother) the fundamental attributes necessary to address all theproblems as stated above. Another factor that must be considered is thecommercial aspect of marketing and in some cases, in an effort toimprove a harmonica holder, it has been complicated to where the retailprice is more than the average consumer would be willing to pay. Someharmonica holders have addressed some of the problems mentioned abovebut none have addressed all of the problems.

SUMMARY OF INVENTION

All drawings and pictures herein, use the same part numbers and namesfor the same part. Numbers throughout this entire document which followthe part name, refer to the numbers shown on FIG. 1 unless otherwiseindicated, such as FIG. 5.

The invention relates to harmonica holders which are designed to beplaced over the head of a musician, to allow a musician to play aharmonica and at the same time use their hands to play anotherinstrument. The following defines operational problems associated withpresent day harmonica holder technology and how the embodiments of thepresent Invention are designed, not only to simplify said operations butto improve and resolve others, all of which are defined below, namely:

1) The problem of a harmonica coming loose when being played, has beenresolved, wherein a control arm 21 will automatically lock a harmonicafirmly into position, as a harmonica is raised up to play.

2) The problem of not being able to move a harmonica out of the way forsinging, has been resolved, wherein a simple tap up on the end of thecontrol arm 21 will drop a harmonica completely out of the way.

3) The problem of having to loosen fasteners, in order to remove aharmonica holder from a musician's head area, has been resolved, whereasagain a simple tap up on the end of the control arm 21, will release aharmonica holder from its closed position FIG. 12 for playing aharmonica, to its open position FIG. 15 for removal.

4) The problem of having to adjust the horizontal position of aharmonica, relative to a musician's mouth area, each time it is put on,has also been resolved by the control arm 21, wherein it has a pluralityof adjustment holes 10 and once adjusted it never has to be adjustedagain unless desired.

5) The problem of a musician having to bend their head down to play aharmonica, whereupon they would be facing the floor instead of theaudience, has been resolved by extender tube assembles FIG. 8, which canadjust a harmonica in the vertical plane, relative to a musician's moutharea, and as a result a musician would be facing the audience and thisvertical position never has to be adjusted again, unless desired.

6) The problem of having to remove a harmonica holder from a musician'shead area, in order to change a harmonica from one key to another, hasbeen resolved by a pull down loop 7, which is attached to the undersideof a harmonica cross member 6, whereupon a simply one finger pull downon the pull down loop 7, will release a harmonica without having toremove a harmonica holder from a musician's head area to do so.

7) The problem of having undue pressure exerted on a musician's neckarea by a round neck support rod, has been resolved by the use of a flatcurved neck support 14, with a rounded molding 13 attached to itsunderside, and the neck support 14 is adjustable to conform with theanatomy of a musician's neck area.

DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1: Drawing showing part numbers related to the present invention,with the harmonica holder shown in the open position for singing or toremove a harmonica holder from a musician's head area.

FIG. 2: are sectional views of the control arm 21.

FIG. 3: are sectional views of the neck support 14.

FIG. 4: are sectional views of the pull down loop 7.

FIG. 5: are sectional views of the neck support tube 12.

FIG. 6: are sectional views of the harmonica cross member 6.

FIG. 7: are sectional views of the harmonica support frame 2.

FIG. 8: are sectional views of the extender tube assembly.

FIG. 9: are sectional views of the extender tube 3.

FIG. 10: are sectional views of the collar 9.

FIG. 11: are sectional views of the spacer.

FIG. 12: Picture showing the present invention with the harmonica holderin the closed position, for playing a harmonica.

FIG. 13: Picture showing the present invention with the harmonica holderin the folded position, for storage or travel.

FIG. 14: Picture of an “over your head” prior art harmonica holder.

FIG. 15: Picture showing the names and part numbers related to thepresent invention, with the harmonica holder shown in the open positionfor singing or to remove a harmonica holder from a musician's head area.

FIG. 16: Picture showing an operational overview of the presentinvention, with the harmonica holder shown in the open position forsinging or to remove a harmonica holder from a musician's head area.

DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF INVENTION

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detailwith reference to pictures and drawings, which are provided asillustrative examples. Notably, the figures and examples are not meantto limit the scope to a single embodiment, but other embodiments arepossible by way of interchange of some or all of the described orillustrated elements. In the present specification, an embodimentshowing or referring to a single component should not be consideredlimiting, rather the scope is intended to encompass other embodimentsincluding but not limited to a plurality of the same component andvice-versa, unless explicitly stated otherwise herein. Further, thescope encompasses present and future known equivalents to the componentsreferred to herein by the way of illustration.

Definition of a nylock nut or a nylock wingnut: both are self-tensioningnuts which have a nylon insert to prevent them from coming loose. Thesetype of nuts are, among other things, used for pivotal connections,whereas they retain their set position.

Definition in reference to the right or left side of a harmonica holder:describes something located toward or in the direction of a person'sright or left hand, when a harmonica holder is resting on a musician'sneck and shoulder area, with a harmonica positioned in front of theirhead area. As an example the control arm 21 is considered to be on theleft side of the harmonica holder, as shown in FIG. 1.

There are four embodiments of the present invention that distinguish itfrom all prior art that has been documented herein: 1) the control arm21 and its simplicity of use, for multiple positioning of a harmonica,for singing, playing or horizontal adjustment, 2) the sophisticateddesign and ease of use of extender tube assemblies FIG. 8, for verticaladjustment, 3) a simple pull down loop 7, to quickly remove a harmonicaand 4) the adjustable neck support 14, for maximum comfort.

Harmonica Holder Overview: The harmonica holder is designed to be placedover the head of a musician and be supported by their neck and chestarea, in order to play a harmonica without having to use their hands andis comprised of a harmonica support structure and a neck supportstructure, both of which are attached together at their lower ends, as apivotal connection by fasteners 4 & 19 and spacers FIG. 11. The spacersFIG. 11 keep the neck support structure and the harmonica supportstructure from interfering with each other, when the harmonica holder isfolded down FIG. 13, for storage or travel.

Harmonica Support Structure: The upper part of the harmonica supportstructure is comprised of a round rod harmonica support frame 2, whereinits cross section supports the upper side of a harmonica and its bentdown sides support a harmonica cross member 6 which in turn supports thelower side of a harmonica. The harmonica cross member FIG. 6 has slotsat each end to engage with the bent down sides of the harmonica supportframe 2 and in turn the harmonica cross member 6 is supported at eachend by springs 1, which puts pressure on the slotted ends of theharmonica cross member 6, to hold a harmonica in place. The harmonicacross member 6 and springs 1 are a necessary cooperative, whereas theharmonica cross member 6 has been modified to accommodate the pull downloop 7, which is attached to the underside of the harmonica cross member6. Said modification involves drilling two countersunk holes into theharmonica cross member 6, from the top, to accept flathead pop rivetswhich are used to hold the pull down loop 7 in place. The pull down loop7 is used to quickly remove a harmonica, by pulling down on the pulldown loop 7, with one finger, and is designed with a tilt FIG. 4, toangle it back, to allow more room for a musician's lips. The harmonicasupport frame 2 is also a necessary cooperative, as it is used to allowhollow extender tube assemblies FIG. 8 to slid over the ends of the bentdown sides of the harmonica support frame 2.

The lower part of the harmonica support structure is comprised of twoextender tube assemblies FIG. 8 (one for each end of the harmonicasupport frame 2), each being comprised of an extender tube 3, a collar 9and a setscrew/knob 8. Each collar has a hole drilled through its centerFIG. 10, equal to the outside diameter of the extender tube 3 and athreaded hole in its top part, (perpendicular to the hole through itscenter), to except the setscrew/knob 8. With regards to the extendertubes 3, each has a hole drilled into its top part FIG. 9, equal to theinside diameter of the extender tube 3, whereupon the collars 9, areslipped over the open ends of each extender tubes 3, until the threadedhole in the collar FIG. 10, lines up with the hole in each extender tubeFIG. 9. Before the collars 9 are mounted, glue is applied to the insideof each, to hold them in place. The setscrew/knob 8 is then screwed intoeach collar 9 after which the extender tube assemblies FIG. 8 areadjusted, (by being able to slide them back and forth), and thesetscrew/knobs 8 are tightened up against the harmonica support frame 2,to secure the adjustment. The other ends of the extender tubes FIG. 9are pressed flat and a hole drilled in each for attachment purposes tothe neck support structure by fasteners 4 & 19, as a pivotal connection.

Neck Support Structure: The upper part of the neck support structure iscomprised of a flat curved neck support 14 which has a rounded molding13 attached to its underside. The ends of the neck support 14 are bentdown to lineup with each neck support tube 12 and a hole drilled in eachbent down end of the neck support 14, for attachment purposes to theneck support tubes 12, by fasteners 5 & 11. Whereas the neck supportstructure is a two piece unit, this allows the neck support 14 to beadjusted, at the connection between the neck support tubes 12 and theneck support 14, to better conform with the anatomy of a musician's neckarea.

The lower part of the neck support structure is comprised of two hollowneck support tubes 12, (one for each side of the neck support 14)wherein both ends of the neck support tubes FIG. 5 are pressed flat anda hole drilled in each end, for attachment purposes. The lower ends ofthe neck support tubes 12 are attached to the lower ends of the extendertube assemblies FIG. 8 (part of the harmonica support structure) byfasteners 4 & 19, as a pivotal connection.

The extender tube assemblies FIG. 8 could (as an alternative or inconjunction with) replace the neck support tubes 12, by attaching a rodto each side of the neck support 14 to facilitate adjustment of theextender tube assemblies.

Control Arm: The upper end of the control arm 21 is attached to the leftside of the neck support structure (although it could be placed on theright side if desired), by an upper support bolt 22, that extends outbeyond a nylock nut, (both of which are parts of the fasteners 11) thatare holding the neck support tube 12 and the neck support 14 together.There are a plurality of horizontal adjustment holes 10 on the upper endof the control arm 21, to provide for alternate positions for the uppersupport bolt 22. After adjustment a nylock wingnut 23 is then screwedonto the upper support bolt 22, as a pivotal connection.

The lower end of the control arm 21 is supported by a lower support bolt16, (part of fasteners 17) which is attached to the left side of thebent down harmonica support frame 2. Whereas the lower support bolt 16extends out beyond a hex nut (part of the fasteners 17) this facilitatesthe control arm 21 to be positioned on the lower support bolt 16,whereupon a nylock nut (part of the fasteners 17) is then screwed ontothe end of the lower support bolt 16, as a pivotal connection to preventthe control arm 21 from slipping sideways, but at the same time allowingthe lower support bolt 16 to slid back and forth along a slot 18,wherein the slot 18 is cut into the underside of the control arm 21.

List of Part Materials: Without limiting the scope of other materialsthat could be used, the following represents the materials that areused.

All fasteners are stainless steel, although, among other possiblematerials, aluminum could be considered to save weight.

The harmonica support frame FIG. 7, harmonica cross member FIG. 6 andpull down loop FIG. 4 are made of nickel, although, among other possiblematerials, chrome plated steel or aluminum (to save weight) could beconsidered.

The extender tubes FIG. 9 and neck support tubes FIG. 5 are stainlesssteel hollow tubes.

The neck support FIG. 3 and control arm FIG. 2 are made of aluminum forsaving weight, although, among other possible materials, chrome platedsteel or nickel could be considered.

The collar FIG. 10 is made of aluminum, although, among other possiblematerials, chrome plated steel or nickel could be considered.

The spacers FIG. 11 are made of a polymeric material, although, amongother possible materials, aluminum could be considered.

The setscrew/knobs FIG. 8 consist of, a polymeric knob, holding apressed in steel hex head setscrew, although, among other possiblematerials, these could be replaced by a one piece unit.

The rounded molding 13 is made of a flexible polymeric material.

Neck Support Adjustment: After a musician puts the harmonica holder overtheir head, they can adjust the angle of the neck support 14, ifnecessary, to ensure it lays flat against the back of their neck area.To do so they would 1) loosen the fasteners holding the neck support inplace, 2) make the desired adjustments, and 3) retighten the fasteners.

Vertical Position Adjustment: Next a musician would adjust the verticalposition of a harmonica, relative to their mouth area, to their personalpreference. To do so they would loosen the setscrew/knobs 8, attached tothe extender tube assemblies FIG. 8, and adjust the extender tubeassemblies FIG. 8 evenly on both sides, by sliding the extender tubeassemblies FIG. 8 to a desired position. After adjustment they wouldretighten both setscrew/knobs 8. The vertical plane refers to the heightof a harmonica, relative to a musician's mouth area.

Horizontal Position Adjustment: A musician would then adjust thehorizontal position of a harmonica to their personal preference byinserting the upper support bolt 22 into one of the preferred horizontaladjustment holes 10, on the upper part of the control arm 21, which willmove a harmonica either closer to or further from a musician's moutharea. The horizontal plane refers to the distance between a harmonicaand the area directly in front of a musician's mouth.

Harmonica Position Options: When doing the vertical and horizontaladjustments a musician has the option to adjust the position of aharmonica to the traditional “hands free position”, by positioning aharmonica below their mouth, which means they would have to bend theirhead down to play it, but would not have to use their hands, when theywould switch from playing a harmonica to singing. With the second optionthey can position a harmonica, level with their mouth and use one handto drop a harmonica completely out of the away for singing. In eithercase a harmonica can be dropped away to remove the harmonica holder fromtheir head area. Once a harmonica is adjusted it never has to bereadjusted unless a musician wants to do so.

Operational Details: With a harmonica adjusted to the personalpreference of a musician, the musician would place the harmonica holderover their head while in the open position FIG. 1 and raise a harmonicaup toward their mouth area to play. As it is raised up, the lowersupport bolt 16, slides up along the slot 18, until it engages in anotch 20, which locks a harmonica firmly in place (the closed positionFIG. 12) for playing a harmonica. When a musician wants to drop aharmonica completely out of the way for singing, or to remove theharmonica holder from their head area, they would simply tap up on thelower end 15 of the control arm 21, which would disengage the lowersupport bolt 16 from the notch 20, whereupon the lower support bolt 16would slide back down to the end of the slot 18, which would result inthe harmonica holder being back in the open position FIG. 1. The slot 18prevents the control arm 21 from disengaging from the lower support bolt16, when the lower end 15 of the control arm 21 is tapped up, to releaseit from the notch 20. There is also the pull down loop 7, attached tothe underside of the harmonica cross member 6, which allows a musicianto place a finger in the pull down loop 7 and pull down, in order toquickly remove or change a harmonica from one key to another, withouthaving to remove the harmonica holder from their head area to do so.

The embodiments of the present invention in which an exclusive property,privilege, scope and concept of the invention is claimed are defined asfollows:
 1. A harmonica holder adapted to be placed over the head of amusician and supported by their neck and chest area and be worn tofacilitate hands free playing of a harmonica, said harmonica holdercomprising: a control arm, which controls the position of a harmonicafor singing or playing a harmonica and also facilitates the adjustmentof a harmonica in a horizontal plane, adjacent to a musician's moutharea.
 2. A harmonica holder as in claim 1: wherein said control armbridges the gap between a neck support structure and a harmonica supportstructure of said harmonica holder and a) has a plurality of holes atits upper end, to facilitate said adjustment of a harmonica in a desiredhorizontal position, adjacent to a musician's mouth area, b) has a notchon its underside which holds a harmonica in said desired horizontalposition for playing a harmonica, c) has an elongated slot on itsunderside, at its lower end, to prevent said control arm fromdisengaging from a lower support bolt, when releasing a harmonica fromsaid slot, in order to sing or to remove said harmonica holder from amusician's head area.
 3. A harmonica holder as in claim 1: wherein saidcontrol arm is held in place by an upper support bolt, which alsoconnects a neck support tube and a neck support together, by the use ofa nylock nut, (and other fasteners) and said upper support boltprotrudes out beyond said nylock nut and is inserted into one of thepluralities of openings in said control arm, as desired for saidhorizontal adjustment, and a nylock wingnut is then screwed onto saidupper support bolt, to secure said control arm, as a pivotal connection.4. A harmonica holder as in claim 3: wherein said control arm retainsthe desired horizontal position as set, unless readjustment is desired.5. A harmonica holder as in claim 2: wherein the lower end of saidcontrol arm is supported by said lower support bolt, (and otherfasteners) which protrudes out beyond where it is attached to aharmonica support frame, (the upper part of said harmonica supportstructure) and the protruding part of said lower support bolt isinserted into said slot of said control arm, wherein a nylock nut isscrewed onto the end of said lower support bolt, as a pivotalconnection, to prevent said control arm from sliding sideways.
 6. Aharmonica holder as in claim 2: wherein as a harmonica is raised up toplay, said lower support bolt slides up said slot of said control armuntil it engages in said notch, which holds a harmonica in place.
 7. Aharmonica holder as in claim 6: wherein a tap up on the end of saidcontrol arm will release said lower support bolt from said notch of saidcontrol arm, whereupon said lower support bolt disengages from saidnotch and slides back down to the bottom of said slot, resulting in aharmonica being completely out of the way for singing or to remove saidharmonica holder from a musician's head area.
 8. A harmonica holder asin claim 1: further comprising two extender tube assemblies to providefor vertical adjustment of a harmonica, adjacent to a musician's moutharea
 9. A harmonica holder as in claims 2, 3, 5 & 8: wherein each saidextender tube assembly (the lower parts of said harmonica supportstructure), is comprised of an extender tube (which is hollow), with acollar slipped over its open end and a setscrew/knob screwed into saidcollar, to secure each said extender tube assembly to each end of saidharmonica support frame, while the other end of each said extender tubeassembly has been pressed flat and a hole drilled in each forattachment, to said neck support structure, by fasteners, as a pivotalconnection, however said extender tube assemblies could (as analternative or in conjunction with) replace said neck support tubes (thelower part of said neck support structure) by attaching a rod to eachside of the neck support, to facilitate adjustment of said extender tubeassemblies.
 10. A harmonica holder as in claim 9: wherein said harmonicasupport frame is a necessary cooperative whereas its ends, that protrudedown from its cross section, which is holding the top of a harmonica inplace, have been modified to allow each said extender tube assembly toslip over each end of said harmonica support frame, for adjustmentpurposes, by being able to slide said extender tube assemblies to adesired position.
 11. A harmonica holder as in claim 9: wherein eachsaid extender tube has a hole (that is the same size as the insidediameter of said extender tubes) drilled into the top part of each (atits open end), to facilitate the attachment of each said extender tubeassembly, to each end of said harmonica support frame.
 12. A harmonicaholder as in claim 9: wherein each said collar is round with flat ends,with a hole drilled through the center of said flat ends, (said holebeing the same diameter as the outside diameter of said extender tube),and there is also a threaded hole, perpendicular to the hole drilledthrough the center of said collar which extends down to the opening ofsaid hole drilled through the center of said collar, and saidsetscrew/knob is screwed into said threaded hole, to secure each saidextender tube assembly to each end of said harmonica support frame,after adjustments.
 13. A harmonica holder as in claim 12: wherein saidhole drilled through the center of each said collar has glue applied toit (for attachment purposes) and then said threaded hole in said collaris lined up with the drilled hole in said extender tube, to allow saidsetscrew/knob to pass through said extender tube and bear up againstsaid harmonica support frame, to hold each said extender tube assemblyin place, after adjustment.
 14. A harmonica holder as in claim 1:further comprising a pull down loop, attached to the underside of aharmonica cross member, to facilitate the removable of a harmonica. 15.A harmonica holder as in claims 13 and 14: wherein said harmonica crossmember and two springs (which are supported by said harmonica supportframe) are a necessary cooperatives, whereas said harmonica cross memberhas been modified by having two countersunk holes drilled into it, fromthe top, whereupon flathead pop rivets are inserted into said holes, tosecure said pull down loop to said harmonica cross member and saidsprings are positioned under each end of said harmonica cross member, tosupport said harmonica cross member.
 16. A harmonica holder as in claim15: wherein said pull down loop is designed to be angled back from theplane of its attachment area, so as not to interfere with playing aharmonica.
 17. A harmonica holder as in claim 1: further comprising asaid neck support which is adjustable.
 18. A harmonica holder as inclaims 9 and 17: wherein said neck support is flat and curved, with bentdown ends for attachment purposes to said neck support tubes, (byfasteners) both of which are the parts of said neck support structure.19. A harmonica holder as in claim 18: wherein said neck support has arounded molding attached to its underside, to better conform to theanatomy of a musician's neck area.
 20. A harmonica holder as in claims 8and 18: wherein said neck support tubes are hollow to facilitate theirends being pressed flat and a hole drilled in each end, for attachmentpurposes, by fasteners, to said neck support on their upper ends and tosaid extender tube assemblies on their lower ends, with said lower endsbeing a pivotal connection.